Man, Juvenile Arrested After Chase

WEST PALM BEACH — A young man and a 14-year-old juvenile were arrested after leading police on a chase in a stolen rental car, authorities said Thursday.

James Stroman, 20, of West Palm Beach was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail following his arrest early Wednesday at First Street and Australian Avenue, according to Capt. James Diggs.

Stroman and the juvenile were in a 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass stolen from Dollar Car Rental on Belvedere Road when they were spotted by Officer Jeff Baker on Interstate 95 and Okeechobee Boulevard at 4:43 a.m., Diggs said.

Baker chased the car in his police cruiser east on Okeechobee Boulevard to Florida Avenue, north to First Street, then west to Australian Avenue, where Stroman crashed the car through a wire fence, Diggs said.

Both suspects were charged with fleeing and eluding and auto theft. The juvenile was sent to the County Juvenile Detention Center in West Palm Beach.